India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully landed on the moon on Wednesday.
The successful landing marks its emergence as a space power as the government looks to spur investment in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses.
The find could prove that volcanic activity on the moon didn't end 1 billion years ago, but may still be active today.
Russia's moon mission failed after the Luna-25 spacecraft slammed into the moon.
The nature of the "emergency situation" and how it may impact the lander's landing on the moon is as of yet unclear.
The Russian lunar mission, the first since 1976, is racing against India, which launched its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander last month, and more broadly with the United States and China.
Luna-25 will launch on a Soyuz-2 Fregat booster and will be the first lander to arrive on the South Pole of the moon.
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